Mark Smith
This article showcases our top picks for the best Illinois based Consumer companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Consumer industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top Illinois Consumer Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
mHUB
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mHUB is a hardtech innovation and manufacturing entrepreneurial center.
Avant
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Avant is an online lending platform that offers alternatives to its clients with safe financial products.
IRI
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IRI is a Market research company specialized in development of big data and predictive analytics solutions.
HomeX
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HomeX is a home services platform designed for homeowners and service providers offering virtual solutions with remote assist.
Bartesian
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Bartesian offers a capsule-based machine that enables individuals to make homemade cocktails.
Jiobit
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Jiobit is an electronics company that manufactures the world’s smallest and longest self learning location tracking technology.
Farmer’s Fridge
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Farmer’s Fridge provides an automated smart fridge that serves salads, bowls, snacks, and more.
Fooda
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Fooda is a food technology platform that connects restaurants to people while at work.
Greenlight Planet
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Greenlight sells, installs and finances solar home systems for the 1.8 billion off-grid and under-electrified consumers in Africa and Asia.
Civis Analytics
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Civis Analytics helps organizations use data to gain a competitive advantage in how they identify, attract, and engage their audiences.
CoPilot
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CoPilot is an assisted commerce platform that provides expert partner services for car purchases.
Current Mobile
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We enable millions of budget-conscious consumers to earn income from their daily habits.
Braviant Holdings
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A leading provider of tech-enabled credit products and services for underbanked consumers
SuperBetter
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SuperBetter develops a game-based learning platform that empowers K-12 educators, students, and everyone’s social-emotional learning.
Sittercity
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Sittercity’s mission is to make child care finally work.
dscout
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dscout helps companies better understand the experiences people have with their products and brands in everyday life.
Leap Services
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Retail-as-a-Service platform for consumer brands
Scout
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Scout is a home security system that combines hardware designs and easy-to-use controls.
Mondelez International
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Mondelez International is a branded food and beverage company that specializes in snack foods such as biscuits, chocolate, gum, and candies.
CircleIt
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A generational platform that gives you ability to send cards, media and gifts to loved ones across time.
Chromatin
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Chromatin is a biotech company that develops sorghum for traditional agriculture and applications in the renewable energy sector.
Azul 3D
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Azul 3D is a 3D printing company that allows users to print 3D structures from a wide pallet of materials.
SmartWitness
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SmartWitness designs, manufactures, and supply in-vehicle cameras, recorders, and software.
ArgonCredit
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Argon Credit is a online personal loan startup. Currently growing in the U.S. with plans to expand into the U.K., Europe and Australia.
MoveSpring
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MoveSpring is a fun, simple, highly engaging health platform enabling employers to educate and motivate employees toward better health.
Black Buffalo
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Black Buffalo is a smokeless tobacco alternative that has the same look, feel, smell, and experience as traditional dipping products.
Monument
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Monument backs up and automatically organizes your precious memories effortlessly.
Intellihot Green Technologies
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Intellihot Green Technologies manufactures tankless water heater systems for residential and commercial applications.
Medline Industries
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Medline Industries, Inc., based in Mundelein, Illinois,
Oars + Alps
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Oars + Alps provides skincare products for men made from natural, toxin-free ingredients.
SpotHero
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Leading & only independent consumer marketplace for parking in North America.
Stock+Field
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Stock+Field is a retail company offering general merchandise and DIY products.
Caddis Funding
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Caddis purchases consumer debt portfolios owned by credit grantors including banks, finance companies, and debt buyers.
BellyCard
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BellyCard is the leader in loyalty for customers and small- to medium-sized businesses.
IndiFit
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Empowering fitness instructors & trainers to earn more by hosting independent classes
Polyera
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The Polyera supplies semiconductor, dielectric and interfacial materials for the printed and flexible electronics industry.
Tanvas
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Tanvas is redefining touch by enabling you to feel what you see on any touchscreen.
ItemMaster
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ItemMaster’s cloud platform creates, manages, expands, & delivers structured product content for the $800B U.S. Food & Bev marketplace.
Honey-Can-Do International
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Honey-Can-Do International is a consumer goods company that offers storage and organization products.
Cumulus Funding
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Cumulus Funding provides funds to help you make purchases or pay down loans, credit cards or other bills.
Hello water
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Hello water is a fiber infused water with the perfect balance of flavor and sweetness to help aid in a healthy lifestyle.
PRE Brands
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PRE Brands is a food processing company that specializes in providing grass-fed and finished beef products.
Rewards21
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Rewards21 is an easy and convenient rewards program that gives cashback and reward points for dining at favorite restaurants.
John Deere
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Deere & Company is an American corporation that manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery.
Renegade Brands
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Renegade Brands provides safe and high performance cleaning products.
NetThunder
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NetThunder is an on-premise private cloud solution that is easy to setup and includes services that keep companies running.
Easymove
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Easymove enables consumers & brands to access local trucks and get instant moving & delivery help at affordable flat cost.
GC Plus
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GC Plus is a 1-Click On-Demand Platform for Homeowners & 3X Earnings for Plumbers
Jovian Technologies
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AI SaaS platform for Food & Beverage Competitive Intelligence & Consumer data Analytics
Pepper
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Pepper is a personalized nutritionist that empowers people to take control of how they eat at home.
Unified Information Devices
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Unified Information Devices is a Identification Solutions.
Gekks
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Gekks manufactures a low cut liner sock for men and women to avoid foot odour.
Motorola
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Motorola provides products and services for mobile, wireline digital communication, information, and entertainment applications.
Zmodo Technology
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Zmodo provides smart home and security solutions for both home and business.
Gramovox
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Gramovox reimagines vintage A/V equipment into functional contemporary art.
SAI Advanced Power Solutions
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SAI Advanced Power Solutions specializes in the switchgear design, build, and retrofit sector.
Vapor4Life
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Vapor4Life is the world’s only company that spent years and millions of dollars to invent the finest, most technologically advanced
LinkCapital
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LinkCapital offers low-rate, flexible student loan refinancing programs specifically tailored to the needs of medical professionals.
AKHAN Semiconductor, Inc.
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AKHAN Semiconductor, Inc. is a fab-lite semiconductor company in the U.S. specializing in diamond semiconductor materials and devices
KeHE Distributors
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KeHE Distributors is a fresh and natural, organic wholesale foods distributor.
Beam Suntory
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Beam Suntory is the third largest premium spirits company in the world, the leading spirits company in Japan and the largest U.S.
Blueair
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Blueair provides air purifying solutions with acclaimed leading-edge filtration technologies and design.
Mavely
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Solving the problem of rising CAC for direct to consumer brands, while driving product discover and additional income for everyday families.
Weber
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Weber is a privately held American manufacturer of charcoal, gas, and electric outdoor grills with related accessories.
MJ Holding Company, LLC
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MJ Holding Company is a consumer goods company offering impulse toys and trading card supplies.
Because, Animals
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Because Animals is creating cultured meat to feed the world’s pets.
A.M. Money
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M. Money provides no co-signer low-cost, and flexible college financing to help students finance their college education.
Fortune Brands Home & Security
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Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (NYSE: FBHS), headquartered in Deerfield, Ill., creates products and services that help fulfill the
Voyant Beauty
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Voyant Beauty is a cosmetics company specializes in the development and manufacturing of high-performance personal care and beauty products.
Acquired Sales Corp
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Acquired Sales is a publicly-traded corporation focused upon investing in rapidly growing, profitable companies.
Stylisted
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Stylisted is a proprietary platform enabling 1.4M beauty professionals to build & manage their freelance business.
Synergy Flavors
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Synergy Flavors is a manufacturer and supplier of flavorings, extracts and essences, with a truly global footprint.
Roland
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Roland Corporation manufactures and distributes electronic musical instruments, including keyboards.
Seasons Sparkling
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Seasons Sparkling creates organic plant-based sparkling waters, presents them with contemporary art, and delivers nationwide.
Radio Flyer
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Radio Flyer is a consumer goods company offering wagons, ride-on, scooters, and parts.
Powertraveller
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Powertraveller manufactures off-grid power solutions for electronics devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, tablets, and laptops.
Kemper Corporation
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Kemper Corporation is a financial organization providing insurance and consumer finance solutions for individuals and small businesses.
Federal Signal
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Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) enhances the safety, security and well-being of communities and workplaces around the world.
Dishable
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Dishable’s method for Consumer Research is faster, broader, more expanse, and less expensive than using traditional survey tecniques.
Dipalo Ventures
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Early stage connected hardware and hard tech investments in the US Midwest, de-risked via design and engineering focused Residency.
City Grange
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City Grange is selling the right organic and local products, rethinking the supply chain, creating jobs.
REV UP BRANDS
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REV UP BRANDS is a manufacturer and wholesaler of dance apparel, costumes and accessories from Chicago.
MiracleCord
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MiracleCord develops cutting‐edge research into consumer products, and provides education on the value of cord blood and tissue stem cells.
SpringFour
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SpringFour’s technology platform connects consumers to local financial health resources, tools and products. SpringFour is a B2B solution.
Ex-Tech Plastics
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Ex-Tech Plastics manufactures quality sheets to meet your most demanding production requirements.
Kensington
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Kensington is a company that produces and supplies desktop and mobile accessories like security, connectivity, power products.
OnePlus Systems
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OnePlus Systems Inc. is an Illinois-based manufacturer of container fullness and control systems.
Ferrara Candy
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Ferrara Candy is virtual tours of the making of Lemonheads, Red Hots, Gummies, Jawbusters, Boston Baked Beans and Atomic Fireballs.
FAR Botanicals
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An Eco Luxury line of artisan-crafted moisturizing products designed to meet the needs of dry, damaged and / or textured hair.
Paris Presents
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A global company that creates and distributes beauty products and personal care accessories that elevate the beauty experience for women
Reynolds Consumer Products
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Reynolds Consumer Products provides quality household essentials and world-class brands.
Thermos LLC
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Thermos manufactures and sells insulated food and beverage containers, children’s lunch kits, and other consumer products worldwide.
Focal Communications
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Data, voice and colocation services.
Curion Insights
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Curion provides world-class quantitative and qualitative product insights.
Berner Food & Beverage
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Berner is a leading manufacturer of high quality shelf-stable food products and beverages
PowerCoco
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PowerCoco is a natural low-calorie, low-sugar sports drink that combines coconut water with electrolytes.
GHP Group, Inc.
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GHP Group is a consumer goods company providing electric fireplaces, log sets, heating products, and gas grills.
Serta
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Serta is a developer and manufacturer of mattresses.
